RL, could you please ease up a little on making me suffer?

[maggie33]

I’m sick. It’s not covid this time, thankfully, only pharyngitis, but it kicked my ass. It started with a sore throat and a cold on Thursday and now it’s Thursday again, and I’m still feeling awful, because soon a horrible cough joined an array of other symptoms. I’m on antibiotics and on sick leave till the end of the week, but I don’t know if it won’t be even longer since my cough is still pretty bad. I could barely sleep the last two nights because of it.

So what I do is either lie in bed and suffer, or watch dramas to cheer myself up. :)

Not much luck with finding a new kdrama to watch, unfortunately. I watched half of the 1st episode of Hometown Cha Cha Cha – it was boring. I watched half of the 1st episode of Forecasting Love and Weather – it was boring and Song Kang really doesn’t work for me at all. I also watched the first 15 minutes of Business Proposal and the male lead was so annoying that I dropped it.

So I decided to continue my re-watching of Hot Stove League, because that drama is really good and heart-warming, and I can stare at my beloved’s beautiful face and admire his acting talent, which is always an excellent thing to do. :)

And apparently now I have the tradition of watching Bridgerton while I’m sick. I watched the 1st season while I had covid last year. Now I started the 2nd season on Monday and I already watched 6 episodes, I have only two left. I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy it since Anthony was the least interesting person in the 1st season for me, and this season is about his grand romance, but I do, surprisingly so. Anthony’s object of affection Kate Sharma, played beautifully by Simone Ashley, is a great character and she’s so gorgeous. I could stare at her for hours. :)

And I finished Under the Skin. I enjoyed it a lot. The longer review coming later after I recovered. For now here have the rec for a fanvid showing how very shippable Shen Yi and Du Cheng are. :)

Moody

Comments

[china_shop]

Ughhhh, that sucks! I'm so sorry! *hugs*

I wish I had a good drama rec for you (for after Hot Stove League). Is there anything you're in the mood for?

[maggie33]

Thanks. ♥ I feel better today finally, so things are looking up. And I'm in mood for something not dark. Definitely not another crime drama for now. That's why I tried these three rom-coms, I just want some fluff and happiness. :)

[china_shop]

I'm not sure which ones you've already tried, and if you found Nam Joo-hyuk annoying in Bride of the Water God, I won't rec you anything else with him. Here are some older ones you might not have seen:

- You're Beautiful -- aspiring nun goes undercover as her twin brother in a boy band (this was my first ever Kdrama; it's very silly and adorable)
- Mary Stayed Out All Night (aka Marry Me, Mary) -- a young woman's father tries to marry her off, so she fake-marries someone else and ends up married to both of them
- The Woman Who Wants to Marry (aka Still, Marry Me) -- three female friends and their contrasting love lives; starts off a little cringey, but totally worth it; great female friendships. (I wrote a little bit about the characters here)
- Witch's Romance -- sweet noona romance with a prickly female lead (I wrote up a review of it here)

Hope you find something (here or elsewhere) that takes your fancy. <3 <3 <3

[maggie33]

All of these sound great and I haven't watch any of them. I think I'll try You're Beautiful today, it sounds exactly as a cute silliness I need right now. :)

[china_shop]

Yay! I hope you like it ❤❤❤

[profiterole_reads]

*hugs*

Bridgerton did a great job considering Anthony is the least favourite for a lot of us.

[maggie33]

Thanks. And yes about Bridgerton - I was so surprised that I found Anthony so not irritating this time. :)

[hils]

Under the Skin is on my list. I've heard it's good.

[maggie33]

It is good and I really enjoyed it. And for a Cdrama it's short, and that was one of the selling points for me, too. :)

[trobadora]

Ugh, that kind of cough is the worst. *hugs* I hope you'll feel better soon!

[maggie33]

Thank you. I do feel better today and it is such a relief. :)

[trobadora]

Yay, glad you're feeling better!

[corvidology]

I'm sorry you're not well and wish you a swift recovery! ♥

I'm trying not to read any of the other comments in case anyone has something to say about Under the Skin (spoilerphobic is moi) and we're only 3 episodes in but really loving it. I'm going to bookmark that fanvid because I'm already seeing shades of that. :D

I've seen very few Kdramas so I fear I have no good recs for you. Doom at Your Service (staring at Seo In Guk, I'm shallow *g*) and Bride of the Water God were entertaining though not great by any means but both are M/F.

[maggie33]

Thanks, it's better today and I hope it will stay that way. And I will wait patiently for you to finish Under the Skin - I'm very curious about your opinion.

As for Kdramas - I tried Bride of the Water God some time ago and unfortunately I found the male lead annoying, so I dropped it after 3rd or 4th episode. But I haven't watched Doom at Your Service, and that guy is hot, so maybe I'll try this one next. :)

[corvidology]

I'm glad to hear you're feeling better and I hope you make a swift recovery.

We usually manage about 5-6 episodes of something a week - not that much time to watch things together - but I look forward to it.

Bride of the Water God - I can see finding him annoying as I did too. I watched it because a mate wanted some company. He becomes somewhat less annoying but I actually found one of the other gods more interesting... Still, can't really rec it very strongly.

Doom at Your Service is bittersweet and sad in parts and it does have a quirky little take on religion and god I thought was interesting but Seo in Guk is definitely the main reason for watching. Another one of the Korean singers turned actor and he's great at both. :D

[reshiel]

*virtual hugs* wishing you a speedy recovery and good health <3

Hot Stove Leagues sounds like the perfect comfort kdrama, enjoy the rest of it (and Bridgerton)！

[maggie33]

Thanks, hon. ♥ And yes, Hot Stove League is a great comfort drama for me.

[sakana17]

Oh, no! Sounds awful. I hope you'll recover soon!

[maggie33]

Thank you. Today I feel much better, so there's hope. :)

[nnozomi]

Late to comment but I really hope you're feeling better (and finding more gorgeous people to watch in the interim), take good care of yourself <3

[maggie33]

Thank you. And yes, thankfully I feel better, still coughing a little bit, but apart from that it's fine.

[tinny]

Oh noes, I hope you feel better by now! <3

I have found Under the Skin on my own, (wow! how did that happen?) but haven't started watching it yet. But I've been watching way too many things I don't understand lately - I very much want to go back to Mandarin now.

[maggie33]

I have found Under the Skin on my own, (wow! how did that happen?)

Heh, I found it also not through my dreamwidth reading list, but because of some random comment somewhere that basically said it was good and short. And drama being short is quite a big selling point for me lately. I don't have patience to start 50 episodes long dramas lately. :)